The festival saw the participation of
NATO and 24 Countries with 60 Films grouped into several categories from
‘Institutional training information, from environmental protection to
the humanitarian mission for peace. The films, produced by renowned film
makers were evaluated by the international highly qualified and
experienced jury.
Maintaining the tradition, Pakistan
Army’s documentary “Glorious Resolve” received the Jury’s Special award
from the President of the Italian Senate with the citation “A
technically outstanding and emotionally powerful dramatization of the
story of the courageous soldiers under fire in a dire combat situation”.
The award given by Gen. Giancarlo Fortuna, the President of the
International Jury was received by a representative of the Pakistani
Embassy in Rome.
Glorious Resolve was the joint venture
of ISPR and Mindworks Media. Brigadier Syed Azmat Ali was the Executive
Producer whereas Brig Syed Mujtaba Tirmizi was the Executive Director of
the film. Lieutenant Colonel Irfan Aziz was the project director and
the writer of this film which was amicably directed by Sarosh Kayani.
Dr. Hassan Waqas Rana of Mindworks Media was the producer whereas Bilal
Lashari was the Director of Photography.
Based on a true operational account,
Glorious Resolve highlights the epic of infantry soldiers, who fought
against all odds even being heavily outnumbered when 1500 miscreants
raided one of the section level outposts of an Infantry Battalion in
South Waziristan Agency on the night of 29 May 2009.
This documentary focuses not only on the
sacrifices and achievements of the Pakistan Army in War against
Terrorism but also the Pakistan Army’s glorious resolve to uproot the
menace of terrorism from the land of the pure. It reenacts the sacrifice
of jawans of 43 Punjab Regiment who laid their lives and the two Ghazis
Sepoy Mashooq and Sepoy Muslim who held their positions till the
reinforcements came.
Courtesy to:ISPR’s documentary wins ‘Eserciti-e-Popoli’ award (By:Mudasser Aziz)
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